Zinn Room Dedication: Marian Wright Edelman

Marian Wright Edelman, president and founder of the Children's Defense Fund, speaks on September 21, 2011 at the Busboys and Poets--Hyattsville (MD) event to celebrate International Peace Day, dedicate the Howard Zinn Room and raise funds for the Zinn Education Project.

The Zinn Education Project: Teaching a People's History website offers more than 100 free, downloadable teaching activities for middle and high school classrooms to bring a people's history to the classroom. The site also lists hundreds of recommended books, films and websites. The teaching activities and resources are organized by theme, time period and grade level. This is the only collection of its kind for educators — print or online — in the country. Visit and register today.
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This event was hosted by Jeff Zinn and Andy Shallal.
Featured presenters:
Bernice Johnson Reagon, Amy Goodman, Cornel West, Dave Zirin, Beverly Daniel Tatum, Laura Flanders, Marian Wright Edelman, Medea Benjamin, Regie Cabico, Judy Richardson, Craig and Cindy Corrie, Bill Fletcher, Jr., Mary Beth Tinker, Phyllis Bennis, Barbara Ehrenreich, David Swanson, Kevin Zeese, Kymone Freeman, and more. Performances by Emma's Revolution and Chelsey Green. Host committee included presenters above and Myla Kabat-Zinn, Alice Walker, Barbara Lee, Bill Moyers, Stephen M. Kohn, Clarence Lusane, Brenda Coughlin, Anthony Arnove, Knox Tull, Makani Themba-Nixon, William Holtzman, Don Murray, Heather C. McGhee, and more.
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